Tulipa LILIACEAE Disporum 



center, IV. Eurasia; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



11. Scilla Linn. Squill WiWt-fcM (Mien Tsao Erh Shu; Soft- jujube Genus) 

 Low perennial herbs with narrow basal lvs. from tunicated bulbs: fls. many, small, 

 in a terminal raceme on a leafless scape: perianth soon deciduous; the segments distinct 

 to the base; anthers dorsifixed: capsule 3-lobed: seeds few in each cell. 100 species, 

 in temperate regions; 2 in China. (The ancient Greek and Latin name.) 



1. Scilla sinensis (Lour.) Merr. (S. chinensis Benth.; S. japonica 'Baker, non Thunb.) 

 Crow Garlic ilkigT ( Ti Tsao Tzu; Ground-date) (Mak.F.737; M.L.107). Slender, 

 erect, to 3dm. high; fls. pink, IX; fr. X. China, Korea; locally in An., Che., 

 Ku. Brushland. 



12. Hyacinthus Linn. Hyacinth M,ff =f fl| (Feng Hsin Tzu Shu) 

 Low perennial herbs with narrow basal lvs. from large tunicate bulbs: fls. many, 

 in a terminal raceme on a leafless scape: perianth persistent; the segments united at 

 the base; anthers dorsifixed: capsule 3-lobed, loculicidal. About 30 species, Mediter- 

 ranean region to southern Africa; one cultivated in China. (An early Greek name.) 



1. Hyacinthus orientalis Linn. Common Hyacinth M, fff J- (Feng Hsin Tzu; Spirit-of- 

 fidelity) (B.M.234). Stout, erect, 20 cm. high; fls. variously colored, III. Introduced 

 from southeastern Europe; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 480. 



13. Paris Linn. Love-Apple JLj^M (Wang Sen Shu; 

 Royal-descendants Genus) 



Erect perennial herbs from creeping rhizomes: stems simple, with a single ivhorl 

 of 4-9 ovate or lanceolate lvs. at the top: fls. solitary and erect, the pedicel arising 

 from the center of the whorl of lvs.: perianth persistent, 8-12-merous; the outer 

 whorl ovate or cuneate, herbaceous; the inner whorl linear or subulate, petaloid; 

 stamens as many as the perianth segments (8-12); anthers basifixed: fr. a berry (ours) 

 or a loculicidal capsule. About 20 species, in Eurasia; 10 in China. (Probably from 

 the Latin: par., equal, referring to the agreement in number between leaves and floral 

 parts.) 



1. Paris poyphylla Sm. -tM^ t£7fc (Ch'i Yeh I Chih Hua; Seven -leaves-one-flower) 

 (B.H.534). Stout, erect, 4-6 dm. high; fls. greenish, V; fr. X. Southeastern Asia; 

 locally in Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Moist woodland. 



14. Disporum Salisb. Fairy Bells ^MW~M (Pao To Ts'ao Shu) 



Perennial, sparsely brg. herbs from creeping rootstockes: lvs. alternate, sessile, 

 ovate: fls. greenish yellow, pendulous, on slender pedicels: perianth narrowly campan- 

 ulate, deciduous; filaments thread-like, longer than the blunt anthers: fr. a 3-6 seeded 

 red berry. 15 species, in North America and eastern Asia; 6 in China. (Greek: di, 

 double, and spora, a seed, referring to the 2 ovules in each cell.) 



Key to the Species 



Fls. in many-fid. axillary umbels: lvs. oblong to lanceolate, acuminate 1. D. cantoniense 

 Fls. solitary or in pairs, axillary: lvs. ovate to broadly ovate, abruptly 



acute 2. D. sessile 



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